mile repeats today. i wanted 6 at 6 min pace. usually this is no big deal. i can pop out mile after mile at 6 min pace. whew. i don't know what the deal is. maybe i lost a lot at sea level and am still acclimating. i wasn't down there all that long but if i'm not mistaken, you start losing elevation acclimation after a few days...or it could be my asthma med. still taking the same one but in a diff. way than my dr said (i think more goes in this way). wasn't as bad as last time but i wasn't running that fast. first one was right a 6 min pace, second at 5:56, third--well, i kept trying to speed up but kept slowing down. 6:05. i then felt as though i could collapse so i stepped it down to 800m instead, faster, i know but shorter. 3:05. it crushed me because i was so tired and ran a 3:05. then 3:00. i was done after that. i'd concented to not do six of 'em after t he 6;05 and do two 800s instead, hoping to pick things up a bit with the shorter distance. no go, but i finished them and waddled home. i'll go out for a few miles this afternoon. |